Talking could stop for Hamilton as the ‘fixing’ row goes on

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You could argue that Lewis Hamilton’s first big mistake in his Formula One career was what he said after last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.

Little could he have realised that his honesty in answering benign questions about the course of the race – his comments were widely interpreted as implying he had not been given a chance to win it – would spark an investigation by the FIA, the sport’s governing body.

One can only imagine his feelings as he watches his team, McLaren Mercedes, and their proud principal,